Lucien Bonaparte

Lucien Bonaparte (21 May 1775-29 June 1840) was President of the Council of Five Hundred of the First French Republic from October to 10 November 1799. The younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, Lucien's views were genuinely revolutionary, causing him to fall out with his brother.

Biography
Lucien Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France on 21 May 1775, the third son of Carlo Buonaparte and the younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1789, he became a speaker for the Jacobin Club in Ajaccio during the French Revolution, and he was imprisoned during the 1794 Thermidorian Reaction due to his radical views. In October 1799, he was elected president of the Council of Five Hundred, the legislative body of the First French Republic under the French Directory, and he facilitated his brother's rise to power during the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 10 November 1799. He served as Minister of the Interior of the French Consulate under his brother, but he later had a falling out with his brother due to contrasting political views. Joseph Fouche replaced Bonaparte as Minister of the Interior in 1800, and he was granted a noble title before going into self-imposed exile in Italy. In 1815, he had a change of heart and supported his brother's coup against the Bourbon Restoration monarchy, and he became a prince. However, the return of the Bourbons to power after the Battle of Waterloo led to Bonaparte losing his title, and he died in Viterbo, Italy in 1840 of stomach cancer.